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Introduction to Distributed Computing

Posted by michael on from the help-in-imagining-a-beowulf-cluster dept.

dosten writes "ExtremeTech has a nice intro article on distributed and grid computing." Someday someone will successfully implement something like Progeny's NOW and all of these assorted hacks at building a distributed computing system will be superseded.

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  1. woulda been a better friday article by llamalicious · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    if the "department" line on it was simply:
    from the imagine-a-beowulf-cluster-of

    hey, at least I didn't post it with my +1

  2. Beowulf by The+Pi-Guy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these ideas!!!

    (no, but seriously, imagine... Beowulf of Beowulfs... the übercomputer... hmmm)

    --pi

  3. Hope. by saintlupus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Someday someone will successfully implement something like Progeny's NOW and all of these assorted hacks at building a distributed computing system will be superseded.

    While we're wishing for things, can I have a pony?

    (Adding text because apparently it hasn't been long enough since I hit reply.)

    --saint